diff --git a/graphify/prs.py b/graphify/prs.py
index 23886f163..55045f41c 100644
--- a/graphify/prs.py
+++ b/graphify/prs.py
@@ -190,11 +190,15 @@ _CI_FAILURE_CONCLUSIONS = frozenset({"FAILURE", "CANCELLED", "TIMED_OUT", "ACTIO
 def _parse_ci(rollup: list) -> str:
     if not rollup:
         return "NONE"
-    conclusions = {r.get("conclusion") for r in rollup if r.get("conclusion")}
-    if conclusions & _CI_FAILURE_CONCLUSIONS:
+    # statusCheckRollup mixes two entry types: CheckRun (GitHub Actions and other
+    # check apps) carries status/conclusion, while StatusContext (commit statuses
+    # from external CI such as Jenkins or CircleCI) carries only state, one of
+    # SUCCESS, FAILURE, ERROR, PENDING or EXPECTED. Read both.
+    conclusions = {r.get("conclusion") or r.get("state") for r in rollup} - {None, ""}
+    if conclusions & (_CI_FAILURE_CONCLUSIONS | {"ERROR"}):
         return "FAILURE"
     statuses = {r.get("status") for r in rollup}
-    if "IN_PROGRESS" in statuses or "QUEUED" in statuses:
+    if "IN_PROGRESS" in statuses or "QUEUED" in statuses or conclusions & {"PENDING", "EXPECTED"}:
         return "PENDING"
     if "SUCCESS" in conclusions:
         return "SUCCESS"
diff --git a/tests/test_prs.py b/tests/test_prs.py
index d5b8ca855..a2e453c51 100644
--- a/tests/test_prs.py
+++ b/tests/test_prs.py
@@ -134,6 +134,33 @@ class TestParseCi:
         assert _parse_ci(rollup) == "FAILURE"
 
 
+    def test_status_context_failure_is_failure(self):
+        """A commit status from external CI (StatusContext) carries only `state`,
+        no conclusion/status; a failing one must not read as NONE."""
+        rollup = [{"__typename": "StatusContext", "context": "ci/jenkins", "state": "FAILURE"}]
+        assert _parse_ci(rollup) == "FAILURE"
+
+    def test_status_context_error_is_failure(self):
+        rollup = [{"__typename": "StatusContext", "context": "ci/jenkins", "state": "ERROR"}]
+        assert _parse_ci(rollup) == "FAILURE"
+
+    def test_status_context_failure_beside_passing_check_run_is_failure(self):
+        rollup = [
+            {"__typename": "CheckRun", "conclusion": "SUCCESS", "status": "COMPLETED"},
+            {"__typename": "StatusContext", "context": "ci/jenkins", "state": "FAILURE"},
+        ]
+        assert _parse_ci(rollup) == "FAILURE"
+
+    def test_status_context_pending_is_pending(self):
+        for state in ("PENDING", "EXPECTED"):
+            rollup = [{"__typename": "StatusContext", "context": "ci/jenkins", "state": state}]
+            assert _parse_ci(rollup) == "PENDING", state
+
+    def test_status_context_success_is_success(self):
+        rollup = [{"__typename": "StatusContext", "context": "ci/jenkins", "state": "SUCCESS"}]
+        assert _parse_ci(rollup) == "SUCCESS"
+
+
 # ── _path_match ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 class TestPathMatch: